19 July 2007
Thursday 19 July 2007 23:15-1:00 (Radio 3)
Verity Sharp introduces the extraordinary sound of metrical psalm singing from the Isle of Lewis, a tiny piano prelude by Howard Skempton alongside Spirit Talk Mbira's Zimbabwean thumb pianos, and more from Irish fiddler Martin Hayes's sell out concert at the 2007 Bath International Festival.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
Thursday 19th July
11.15
Anon: Magdalena degna da laudare
Joglaresa/Belinda Sykes
Taken from the album Magdalena: Medieval Songs for Mary Magdalen
Avie AV0026
11.19
Anon: La Uitime Estampie Real
The Dufay Collective (Peter Skuce, harp/Raphael Mizraki)
Taken from the album A Dance in the Garden of Mirth
Chandos CHAN9320
11.24
Trad: Nhemamusasa
Spirit Talk Mbira
Taken from the compilation Oceans of the Heart
SOASIS-01
11.30
Skempton: Prelude 7
John Tilbury, piano
Taken from the album Skempton: Pianoworks
Sony Classical SMK 89617
11.32
Trad/Thoumire/Skinner: Mermaid
David Milligan, piano/Simon Thoumire, concertina
Taken from the album Third Flight Home
Footstompin' Records CDFSR1736
11.36
Trad: The Two Magicians
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley
Taken from the compilation Songs of Witchcraft & Magic
Wild Goose WGS 341 CD
11.41
Simpson: La Rivolte
Martin Simpson
Taken from the album Prodigal Son
Topic TSCD567
11.43
Kouyate: Andra's Song
Bassekou Kouyate & N'Goni Ba
Taken from the album Segu Blue
Out Here Records OH 007
11.48
Dowland: Pavan Lachrimae Tristes
Fretwork
Taken from the album Night's Black Bird
Virgin Classics VC 7 90795 2
11.52
Dylan: Mr Tambourine Man
Melanie
Taken from the compilation The Best of Melanie
BMG 828765 32462
11.57
Trad arr. Hayes/Cahill: The Dear Irish Boy/The Galtee Hunt/The Rolling Waves/John Naughtons Reel/The Shores of Lough Graney/The Flowers of Red Hill/Boney Crossing the Alps/The Pipe on the Hob/My Mary Ann/The Skylark/The Leading Role/The Wild Irishman/O'Dwyer's
Martin Hayes, fiddle/Denis Cahill, guitar
Recorded at the Bath International Festival 2007
12.26
Trad/Theron arr. Lo Cor de a Plana: La Vielha
Lo Cor de a Plana
Taken from the album Tant Deman
Buda Musique 3017530
12.29
Psalm: Stroudwater (Psalm 46)
Donald MacLeod & Congregation
Taken from the album Gaelic Psalms From Lewis
Greentrax CDTRAX9006
12.33
Anon: Jesu Cristes milde moder
Sequentia
Taken from the album English Songs of the Middle Ages
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77019
12.39
The Sea: A School of Cherry Blossoms
The Sea
Taken from the album The Boats Are in the Bay
ML ML16
12.42
Trad: Falsehearted Chicken
Sam Amidon
Taken from the album But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted
Birdwar BWR 005
12.48
Coulibaly: Marassa
Adama Coulibaly
Taken from the compilation Songlines 45 July/August 2007 (from album Salif Keita presents Adama Coulibaly (Wanda Records))
Songlines 45
12.53
Keita: Koukou
Salif Keita
Taken from the album Moffou
Universal 8527
